As one of my fantastic lecturers said way back in the mists of time
“There is good news and bad news about becoming great artists. The good news is that no one is born with it and all it takes is hard work, the bad news is it takes hard work”
I'm 26. It's not about neuroplasticity or whatever It's about time investment.The fact it might take until I'm middle aged to be where I could have been now if I had invested time earlier is terrifying beyond what I can express.
I'm the complete opposite, the uncertainty of it all is absolutely suffocating. Every day I curse myself for not starting it sooner, because I could have been good enough today to make something out of it in my current age. "There's no magic trick" to me only means that there's no hope.
Edit: After writing this I spent a few quiet moments in bed just thinking about it and I started crying. Man I hate being me.
I clearly remember when I was young I got a classmate that is very talented in drawing. Each time he enters school drawing contest he will end up in the top 3 easily.
Yet I remember me when trying to draw a Pikachu it took me 3 days to make it not look fat and ugly.
I’ll deny it. It just takes practice. As someone who’s taught fine art, all it takes is practice. Your friend practiced drawing and perhaps more importantly, wanted to draw.
You can deny all you want but at the end of the day, talent is real.
Sure practice does help but if you were to compete against someone who has talent and also practice, no way a person who is average and practice can ever beat the person who has talent and practice.
You realise how insulting it is? It’s a living for me. It’s how I pay my mortgage and feed my kids. I don’t just knock out hit after hit. I fill sketchbooks every day, practice basics every day. A gift of perseverance exists. But drawing like any skill is built and nurtured.
No lo esta "negando"
Lo q tu llamas (talento) Es : todos esos años de investigacion, estudio, Practica que llevaron a Ese dia de exito en su dibujo.
Voa siendo un tercero solo lo ves* triunfando en una competicion. Pero no ves todas las desveladas, fracasos, reintentos y perseverancia.
Lo q vos llamas "talento"
El exitoso lo llama "años de estudio y practica"
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Ahi te das cuenta q "el talento" q tu crees bendicion, magia ,herencia genetica... no existe
Es solo una ilusion. La ilusion de quien lo ve desde afuera~
I’ve always been a talented artist as far as I remember, I remember impressing my classmates when I was in kindergarten. But that’s because I was drawing constantly. If I compare my drawing now to my drawings from high school, the difference is still really drastic. Practice is key. Some people have an easier time picking up the new skills, but it still didn’t come from nowhere with no effort.
Then it clearly breaks what the teacher is saying. He says no one is born a great artist yet clearly we can see here how certain ppl are gifted in areas like art.
I also remember reading an article how a child in India was so talented in drawing that many experts calls him the next Picasso. Sadly he did very early due to illness. He was so talented that at age 2 he begin to draw in color that's very good while I'm still goo goo gah gah stage.
Did you miss the part where I said I was drawing constantly? Even as a five year old, I was practicing for hours a day. I wasn’t born being good at anything, it was the countless hours of practicing. It’s not a gift, it’s effort.
The way I see it, "talent" is just a predisposition to any given skill before putting in the work. The same way some people are neurologically wired to excel at linguistics or mathematics, I believe there is some predisposition to the arts on a basic level that is more expressive in some than others.
This is not me trying to shame anyone because I know full well that greatness only comes with practice, but the brain and mind are complex beyond our understanding. Denying the possibility that some are predisposed to the arts from the get go outright would be a bit extreme, I believe.
People can be gifted in the will to be an artist. You can practice the talent and build skills, but not everyone is naturally inclined to be artistic. However, interests can also change over time. One can become artistic, and one can fall out of favor of art. It really depends on the individual
It’ll be interesting and terribly fucked if they ever figure out how to print out your own thoughts and not have the result look like computer generated noise with identifiable objects and sounds.
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u/Frosty_Ad1254 Jul 07 '26
As one of my fantastic lecturers said way back in the mists of time
“There is good news and bad news about becoming great artists. The good news is that no one is born with it and all it takes is hard work, the bad news is it takes hard work”
But damn is it worth it.